Invent systems that will perhaps be greatly admired for a time these, however, are phantoms which the force of truth will sooner or later dispel and while we are pleased with the deceit, true philosophy with all the arts and improvements that depend upon it, suffers. Speculative men, by the force of genius may
"Supposing, instead of inquiring, imagining systems instead of learning from observation and experience the true constitution of things. None can doubt that by making special experiments, and collecting manifest and undeniable facts, arranging them in logical order, and observing what is naturally and fairly deducible therefrom, the result must be more consistent and satisfactory than the contrary method of framing a theory or system-assuming the existence and operation of causes of which there is no direct and practical evidence, and which is only claimed to be "admitted for the sake of argument," and for the purpose of giving an apparent and plausible, but not necessarily truthful explanation of phenomena. It is here used in contradistinction from the word "theoretic," the meaning of which is, speculative-imaginary-not tangible,-scheming, but not proving. THE term Zetetic is derived from the Greek verb Zeteo which means to search, or examine to proceed only by inquiry to take nothing for granted, but to trace phenomena to their immediate and demonstrable causes. ZETETIC AND THEORETIC DEFINED AND COMPARED. Sacred Texts Earth Mysteries Index Previous Next Zetetic and Theoretic Defined and Compared Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not A Globe: Chapter I.
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